Welcome to the 2021 juried Alexandria Photography + Media student show.
Our annual juried exhibit traditionally hangs in the AFA gallery each Spring. Any student enrolled in a PHT class at Alexandria during the past year may each enter up to four works, which are selected by an outside juror who also chooses certain students to receive cash awards in recognition of their overall achievement.
During the pandemic, the exhibit has been a virtual event. This year 36 students submitted 134 digital files, from which the juror selected 22 pieces by 17 students for an online exhibit, presented here.
We wish to thank all our students who submitted work to the show this year. You may see each piece, including still and motion imagery, in the thumbnails on the Submitted Works page.
We also wish to thank our juror this year, Antonio McAfee. He is a photographer and artist whose research-based work in mixed media has been exhibited in various museums. He is the recipient of multiple grants, and is an instructor at American University. See his bio below for details and links to his work.
Acknowledgments:
The 2021 Student Show was organized by Aya Takashima, Cristin Hand, Bob Laubach, and Page Carr. We wish to thank Annette Haggray, Alexandria Provost; David Epstein, College Dean / NOVAarts; Jimmie McClellan, LASS Dean at Alexandria; and K.V. White, Associate Dean; for their ongoing support.
Juror
Antonio McAfee
Antonio McAfee (b. Stuttgart, Germany) is a photographer based in Baltimore, MD. He received his BFA in Fine Art Photography (2007) from the Corcoran College of Art and Design. Shortly after, he earned his MFA in Photography (2009) from the University of Pennsylvania. In 2011, he received a Post-Graduate Diploma in Art in Arts and Culture Management from the University of the Witwatersrand (Johannesburg, South Africa). McAfee’s work addresses the complexity of representation by appropriating and manipulating photographic portraits of African Americans in the 19th century, funk and R&B musicians, and transitioned family members.
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McAfee has been featured in BmoreArt Magazine, Baltimore Magazine, The Washington Post, Washington City Paper, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Baltimore Sun, Mission on Tenth published by California Institute of Integrated Studies, and catalogues published by the University of Pennsylvania and Corcoran College of Art and Design. He participated in residencies at Vis Arts (MD), Wesley Theological Seminary (DC), Elsewhere Museum (NC), The Contemporary Museum Artist Retreat (Baltimore), Can Serrat (Spain) and Vermont Studio Center. Antonio was awarded grants from Foundation for Contemporary Art (NY), Art on the Vine (DC), Maryland State Individual Artist Awards, Civil Society Institute Fellowship, Fulbright IIE Grant to Johannesburg, South Africa, and Dedalus MFA Painting and Sculpture Fellowship. His work has been exhibited at the Walters Art Museum, Kreeger Museum, Institute of Contemporary Art (Baltimore), Academy Art Museum (MD), Hamiltonian Gallery (DC), and The Print Center (online, PA). Antonio is currently an instructor at American University.
Antonio McAfee
Antoniomcafee.com